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Walter Monckton, 1St Viscount Monckton Of BrenchleyWalter Turner Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, GCVO, KCMG, MC, PC (1891-1965) was a British politician. A lawyer, Monckton served as advisor to Edward VIII during the abdication crisis. He worked in propaganda and information during World War II and became Solicitor-General in Winston Churchill's 1945 caretaker government, although he refused to join the Conservative Party. He finally joined after the war and became a Member of Parliament in 1951. Churchill soon appointed him to the cabinet as Minister of Labour and National Service from 1951 to 1955. He was Anthony Eden's Minister of Defence 1955-1956 but was the only cabinet minister to oppose the Suez policy and was moved to Paymaster-General 1956-1957. Monckton was made Viscount Monckton of Brenchley in 1957. He became Chairman of Midland Bank (1957-64), President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (1956-57), Chairman of the Iraq Petroleum Company (1958), Chairman of the Advisory Commission on Central Africa (1960), and Chancellor of the University of Sussex (1961-65). He was succeeded by Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley after his death in 1965. Monckton, Walter Monckton, Walter Monckton, Walter Monckton, Walter Monckton, Walter Monckton, Walter Monckton, Walter
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